Today Round 2 Models announced their plan to produce a 1:350 scale Klingon K’t’inga model kit based on the iconic ship first seen in Star Trek: The Motion Picture. The gorgeous detail seen in the impressive close up shots of the Klignon cruisers of TMP (and later The Undiscovered Country) has long been something modelers have wanted to have in a replica.

Prototype of Polar Lights planned K’t’inga 1:350 model

The ship will be offered under the Polar Lights brand which has previously offered the classic U.S.S. Enterprise and U.S.S. Enterprise Refit kits in the same scale. At 1:350 scale, the K’t’inga model kit will measure 24” long. The large format allows the plastic injection molded kit to maintain details that can’t be achieved in smaller scales. CAD work for the kit is being supplied by professional model builder Charles Adams.

Comparison of the detail on the Klingon cruiser as seen in The Motion Picture and model prototype

The kit is model number: POL950/06, and will carry a suggested retail price of $99.99, it is due for release in September, 2018. A light kit will also be offered. The kit will be added to Round 2’s model kit price list to be released March 9, 2018, and will be available for pre-order from retailers soon after that. Pricing and availability for the light kit has not been finalized.

More images of the model

NOTE: Please remember these are photos of an early prototype, so any odd spots, gaps, or bits of different colored plastic should be temporary.

Polar Lights high level of detail

As an example of the kind of detail Round 2 puts into their kits, here is a modeler’s build up of the 1:350 scale refit USS Enterprise with light kit.

You know 40 years ago if someone said they were going to make the D-7 battle cruiser into something more badass — namely the K’t’inga class, people would say that’s awesome.

Today, everyone needs an any sort of logical reason if one baffle plate is a millimetre off such as a full scale refit or that it’s a totally different starship altogether. Like the D-7 is one class of warship and the K’t’inga class is another.